Monthly Archive for July, 2012

: July, 2012

After hearing Ichiro Suziki was traded to the Yankees Monday, Bremerton native and baseball fan Ben Gibbard released a song he wrote for the center fielder.

(Gibbard, in case you’re not up on who’s who in the music scene, is the frontman of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service. He was also briefly married to this famous woman, in case you still don’t recognize the name.)

Chris Wedes, who as Julius Pierpont Patches became one of Seattle’s most recognizable figures and a beloved icon to generations, died Sunday morning. He was 84 and had battled blood cancer since 2007. …

First thing the Air National Guard tells you before flying upside down – right after you sign your life away on the liability waiver – is how to work your parachute. Once they strap you into the Extra …

Seattle loves Will Ferrell. Seattle loves Zach Galifianakis. And Seattle loves when the two actors show up pretending to be politicians campaigning for a seat in Congress.

Thousands crowded outside Local Color Cafe in Pike Place Market Thursday hoping to catch a glimpse of Galifianakis and Ferrell as they stood behind the coffee bar making espresso. Only a few managed to crowd into the small coffee shop, while most onlookers spilled out into the streets.

The appearance was part of a nationwide tour to promote the movie “The Campaign,” and Galifianakis and Ferrell were in character as opponents vying for a North Carolina congressional seat.

You already know there are a lot of Starbucks in Washington state — that “there’s one on every corner” joke didn’t just write itself, after all.

But here’s proof that Starbucks’ home state is king when it comes to the green siren. Ryoko Iwata at the blog ilovecoffee.jp sifted through data from StateMaster.com and determined that Washington has more Starbucks than any other state: about .889 per 10,000 people.

After the wildly-successful success of Seattle-based bondage trilogy “Fifty Shades of Grey,” publishers are looking to make a few easy bucks off of the world’s sadomasochism fascination.

Erotic-novel publisher Total-E-Bound (get it?) is theorizing that people who like classics such as Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights” and Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” might like the books just a little bit more if there are a few bondage sessions added to the text.

Seattle superhero Phoenix Jones announced a few months ago that he wants to upgrade his crime-fighting costume. And now he’s soliciting donations from fans to help pay for the new outfit.

Jones is asking for money via his Facebook page and blog, estimating upgrades will cost about $10,000. Among the items on his wish list: a bulletproof face shield, a live-streaming camera and all-metal fasteners.